Akash Vatsa, Air India India passenger who gestured ‘unusual things’ before the unfortunate before the Air India Dreamliner crashed shares what he ‘noticed’
Akash Vatsa, Air India India passenger who gestured ‘unusual things’ before the unfortunate before the Air India Dreamliner crashed shares what he ‘noticed’
He was onboard the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that was on its last leg from Delhi to Ahmedabad and crashed, killing more than 260 people that included the crew.
Akash.. went viral on social media after claiming he had flown on the same Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight just hours before it crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday. His post soon drew widespread attention not just for the timing, but because he claimed to have some important observations about the aircraft’s condition.
Akash Vatsa also shared videos from inside the Air India Delhi-Ahmedabad flight.
In his post, Akash also urged authorities to get in touch with him so he could share his observations about the crashed flight.
He wrote, “he was in the same damn flight 2 hours before it took off from AMD. He came in this from DEL-AMD. Noticed unusual things in the place. Made a video to tweet to @airindia. He would want to give more details. Please contact him – his post had said.
While the flight seemed routine at first, Akash said he noticed something unusual.
Adding that “at cruising altitude, he noticed the rear part of the flaps moving up and down repeatedly. while speaking to the media he said was no expert and someone associated with aviation would understand it better.
Hedid not witness any issues when the flight took off but felt something was unusual with the plane’s flaps outside. Experts will be able to decode this better. The ACs were not working properly when the flight was on the ground before taking off.
However, it must be noted that whether Vatsa’s observations have any connection to Thursday’s crash is not clear, and the exact cause of the mishap will only be ascertained after a thorough probe, which is underway now that the ‘black box’ has been traced.
The London-Gatwick airport bound Air India plane crashed into a medical college complex in Ahmedabad and burst into a ball of fire less than a minute after takeoff. The dead in the country’s worst air disaster in recent times included several people on the ground.
Air India has confirmed that 241 people, who were on board, were killed in the crash. One person has survived the accident and is currently under medical observation.
Meanwhile, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has launched a full-scale investigation into the crash, with over 40 staff from the Gujarat State Government joining efforts to support the Ministry of Civil Aviation teams on the ground.
PM Modi visited Ahmedabad on Friday and took stock of the situation at the crash site. He also met those injured in the incident at the Ahmedabad civic hospital.
News Edit KV Raman
